Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027270-B2
Application number	US-201615548859-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

To provide a motor control device capable of properly compensating the fluctuation in inverter output voltage during a dead time. The motor control device is for an inverter including switching elements composing upper and lower arms to convert a direct-current voltage to an alternating-current voltage and apply the alternating-current voltage to a motor thereby controlling a current of the motor to be a current target value, the motor control device including a dead time compensation unit that compensates fluctuation in inverter output voltage during a dead time with each switching between the upper and lower arms by a dead time compensation voltage, wherein the dead time compensation unit acquires an input parameter that determines a polarity of motor current during the dead time in a half-cycle of a fundamental wave of the motor current, and varies the dead time compensation voltage according to magnitude of the input parameter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control device for an inverter including switching elements composing upper and lower arms to convert a direct-current voltage to an alternating-current voltage and apply the alternating-current voltage to a motor thereby controlling a current of the motor to be a current target value, the motor control device comprising
a dead time compensation unit that compensates fluctuation in inverter output voltage during a dead time with each switching between the upper and lower arms by a dead time compensation voltage,
wherein the dead time compensation unit acquires a parameter that determines a polarity of motor current during the dead time in a half-cycle of a fundamental wave of the motor current, and varies the dead time compensation voltage according to magnitude of the parameter; and
wherein the dead time compensation voltage is product of a base compensation voltage and a coefficient of variable capacitance, the base compensation voltage being set based on a polarity of the fundamental wave of the motor current found based on the current target value, a ratio of the dead time to a switching cycle, and magnitude of the direct-current voltage, the coefficient of variable capacitance being set based on the magnitude of the acquired parameter and a difference between the fluctuation in inverter output voltage and the base compensation voltage in a state where magnitude of the dead time compensation voltage is the base compensation voltage.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the difference is calculated based on a voltage applied to the motor to control the motor current.

3. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
coefficients of variable capacitance are set to multiple different magnitude of parameters in advance, respectively, and
the dead time compensation unit selects a coefficient of variable capacitance corresponding to the magnitude of the acquired parameter from the multiple coefficients of variable capacitance having being set in advance, and sets product of the base compensation voltage and the selected coefficient of variable capacitance to be the dead time compensation voltage.

4. The motor control device according to claim 3 , wherein the dead time compensation unit calculates a coefficient of variable capacitance set based on the difference while the motor is driven, and replaces the coefficient of variable capacitance having been set in advance in correspondence to the parameter acquired while the motor is driven with the calculated coefficient of variable capacitance.

5. A motor control device for an inverter including switching elements composing upper and lower arms to convert a direct-current voltage to an alternating-current voltage and apply the alternating-current voltage to a motor thereby controlling a current of the motor to be a current target value, the motor control device comprising
a dead time compensation unit that compensates fluctuation in inverter output voltage during a dead time with each switching between the upper and lower arms by a dead time compensation voltage,
wherein the dead time compensation unit acquires a parameter that determines a polarity of motor current during the dead time in a half-cycle of a fundamental wave of the motor current, and varies the dead time compensation voltage according to magnitude of the parameter; and
a measurement unit that measures a first time in which the polarity of the motor current during the dead time in the half-cycle of the fundamental wave of the motor current equals a polarity of the fundamental wave of the motor current and a second time in which the polarity of the motor current during the dead time in the half-cycle of the fundamental wave of the motor current is different from the polarity of the fundamental wave of the motor current,
wherein the dead time compensation voltage is product of a base compensation voltage and a coefficient of variable capacitance, the base compensation voltage being set based on a polarity of the fundamental wave of the motor current found based on the current target value, a ratio of the dead time to a switching cycle, and magnitude of the direct-current voltage, the coefficient of variable capacitance being set based on the magnitude of the acquired parameter and a difference between the first time and the second time in a state where magnitude of the dead time compensation voltage is the base compensation voltage.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Myoen Kohei
• Kogure Yusuke

Classifications

• H02M7/48

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• H02P27/06

  using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P27/08 Primary

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02M1/38 Primary

  Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches · CPC title

• H02M1/385

  with means for correcting output voltage deviations introduced by the dead time · CPC title